Ofsted Registered Nursery

When children first enter the nursery, they access the Butterflies Room, this room offers the communal access to the Honeybees Room, the Ladybirds Room, and Toilet and Changing Area, which makes it perfect for welcomes, settling children, and peer-to-peer interaction in a safe and friendly space.

Butterflies
Honeybees
Ladybirds
Butterflies

Butterflies is the first room children enter when accessing the nursery from the entrance area. It is designed to operate as a both a communal space shared by our older and younger children with its warm and welcoming design to support each child’s transition into nursery. 

The room offers a smaller more confined space that children naturally gravitate towards when they are new or going through their transitional journey from home to nursery. This space is also beneficial for all children as it offers: a soft and calming atmosphere, access to sensory stimulation equipment (Large bubble tube, Cube Den, Large Glow Egg, Sensory Mats, Large Soft Play). The room will also be used for expressive dancing, singing, music and movement (wide range of cultural music instruments), and yoga and mindfulness sessions.

In addition to the equipment already installed we continue to introduce even more Special Educational Needs and sensory resources. Children will see these over the coming weeks as soon as they delivered by our suppliers, receive a risk and safety assessment, and installed ready to use.

Honeybees

The Honeybees room is divided by a purpose-built room divider, allowing staff to easily observe children no matter where they are within the room. The benefit of this new layout means children are now provided with dedicated learning areas to empower their own individual learning rates, styles, and environmental preferences. Children can still free flow between all areas by their own volition.

We have a quiet and calm area which is focused primarily to provide children with access to materials which support Literacy and Mathematics of the Early Years Foundation Stages. We have installed a range of equipment and materials such as; digital interactive equipment, child learning desk with access to pens, pencils, counting and phonic equipment, small world play, puppets, dress up role play, games, chill out snug with multi-genre books and puzzles, comfy seating, and sleep pods.

We have a highly interactive area with materials and activities set to encourage and support children primarily in their access to Understanding of the World and Expressive Art and Design of the Early Years Foundation Stages. In this area children can access a home play kitchen, paint easels, sand tray, malleable tuff tray (i.e., playdough, gloop, shaving foam, etc), several tables for cooking, eating, science experiments, construction, and arts and crafts. This area also has a small kitchen service area, to prepare breakfast, snack and to promote home economics.

Outdoor access
Children can immediately access the outdoor gardens from the Honeybees room with direct access to the Mini Play Park, followed by access to the Construction site, and further access to the Natural Garden.

Ladybirds

The Ladybirds room contains the three key areas, the first two areas are setup for children with a purpose-built divider that enables children to see and interact with each other, and the final area is a fully enclosed Nursery Kitchen (which recently secured its annual 5-star rating) with onsite catering facilities.

Our unique design layout ensures that we can deliver the right level of care and learning opportunities to differing age groups and their unique needs. The Ladybird room acts like a mini nursery with an extensive range of equipment, activities, resources, and materials that cover every aspect of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework.

Children are continually making sense of the world around them – exploring materials through sensory investigation and discovery as part of everyday life.  Within the two areas we primarily focus on; developing relationships with others both adults and peers, beginning to share ideas, values, playing and working together. Children can play, learn, and thrive by being cheered on by passionate staff.

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Outdoor Play Areas

On our previous closures we completed several extensive changes, but that didn’t mean that we have forgotten about our outdoors section this time around either. We have continued to develop this space, and have installed a range of new outdoor toys, including natural materials to support child led play and development to inspire their thinking and usage of the world around them.

We encourage children to step outside to discover, explore and experience nature at its best in all of its seasons. From bear hunts, picnics, den-making, bird watching, mini beast investigation and storytelling. Where imaginations have free reign.

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